Tuesday, November 11, 2014

The leaves are making me sneeze.

11/10/2014

HELLLOOOOOOO!!! :) Seriously. I think it's the moldy
leaves. They're killing me. I don't think I've ever had this bad of allergies.
Woowee. But I'll live. Thank heavens it's almost time for it to snow!

This week was a little crazy...but it was good. On Monday,
we did the regular ol' P-day stuff then we went shopping and I succeeded at
helping a companion buy a nice winter coat. This time was even more expensive
than Sister Cldwll's. $280 later, Sister Sssns has a Marmot. haha :) (Her dad is very proud of her now – He love's his Marmot) Success.
She loves it though. Then we went to Charming Charlie (I've finally been to one
mom!) and I got a shirt and dress on clearance for $30. Wahooo! Then we went to
dinner at Chick-fil-A with the Bmn's and Ang. They are all awesome people. Love
them. Then afterward, the Fishers Sisters came and we exchanged!

So I headed off to Fishers with Sister Clysn! It was a
great and busy day. In the mornin' we had some crazy studies cause of
conference calls, went to the YMCA for service (got to fold towels and do some
filing), finished up studies, had lunch, then went to work! It was pourin' but
we went out tracting and found a new investigator! Wahoo! Then we went and had
an appointment with a lady named Brbr. She's an older lady who loves her dog
and loves being a Baptist. But she's interested in family history, so hopefully
that'll get her! Then we taught...well tried to teach...a guy named Jss but he
only knows Spanish and he was drunk haha. Definitely getting turned over to the
elders. Then we went and contacted a referral and saw a less active then had
dinner and went to teach an English class to a lady who speaks Arabic...Interesting.
haha There's a reason I went to an English speaking mission!

Wednesday, Sister Sssns went up to Warsaw with Sister Nvrr
for a funeral, so I did a trio with Sister Rh and Sister Blmn. We spent the
morning with the Flnrs and the Stglrs then we had lunch and headed to
Zionsville. We found a new investigator! Wahoo! And taught a bunch of
people...it was awesome. And some members fed us some really good hamburgers.
Yum. Then we came back to Carmel, taught Mk (the guy we found the day of transfers)
with Sister Wshbrn and it was so good except then he texted us on Friday and
said he did his research on the Church of Mormon and doesn't want to learn
anymore :( [Stinking anti-material! It's awful around here], stopped and saw Bb
(Flnr's nephew), and taught the Smth's cause they had cookies for us. Then I
was companions with Sister Smthhrt for a little bit til Sister Sssns got home
cause the Zionsville Sisters had to leave.

Thursday, we went and painted for Sbrin in the morning
then we had lunch and weekly planned. Anl ditched us in the afternoon and
changed his phone number so we went finding and ended up tracting into a
less-active, so that was fun :) Love when that happens. Then we went to see Mry
with Sister Clmn and she just really wasn't havin' it, so we gently dumped her
and went and taught another investigator who just had twins. Then we went to
see the Brk's and then headed to Sister Hthwy's for Sbrn's Bridal Shower. We
had to ditch a little bit early to go to Ang's baptismal interview. She passed!
Wahhoooo! She's getting baptized this Saturday! She's so awesome! I'm so sad
that she's moving by the end of November, but she says she'll come visit.

Friday, we had MLC, so we had 6 sisters in the apartment
that day gettin' ready then we headed off to Fishers for our meetings. It was a
really good meeting. A lot about the Book of Mormon. I think sometimes we
forget how awesome the Book of Mormon is. It's so powerful. Love it. Then
afterward, we had dinner at the Clrvx's and had it in the hallway because the
elders came and didn't have another man so we had to eat in "public"
haha. It was fun. Except I got spaghetti on my new dress. But hopefully it'll
come out. Then we went to see the Flnrs with Brk Sdr and then we went and
taught Ang with Sister Hlt. They are both firecrackers and energetic. Holy
hannah.

Saturday, we had Relief Society Super Saturday in the
morning/afternoon and we got to help with some service and made some Christmas
decorations and some rosettes. It was fun. They had soup for lunch too...so it
was souper. :) Then we went to teach Ambr, tried to go teaching with Brother Brghm
but no one was home, contacted a referral with Sister Stdmn (awesome couple
from California who just needs some friends out here...their doctor in Cali is
a mormon and referred them!), went to dinner at the Mllrs, then taught Ang with
Sister Tlls. Same ol'...just great. :)

Sunday was a day of meetings. We had coordination, PEC,
church, and then a stake correlation meeting with the Stake President,
President Cleveland, the high councilman over missionary work, and all the zone
leaders and STL's from the stake. It was a good day though. Ang got a blessing
too and loved it. She bawled. She's SO READY! GAAAAHHHH!! I keep sayin' it. But
it's true :) We had dinner with the Strns and went to Why I Believe. The Schmlfldts
brought me molasses bread! (We shared the recipe for
molasses bread with them – one of Darcie's favorites!)Wahoo! It's the
best. They've been practicing. haha. I got to see Sister Pfl and Sister Cbb
from Plainfield and Brother Wss and Sister Jcksn from Greencastle. So great. I
love Why I Believe.

And here we are again on Monday. Can't believe it's Week
4. Insane.

A thought from this week was in Mosiah 22. The Nephites
had been in bondage for years to the Lamanites when Ammon shows up and finds
them. I think it's interesting that when this finally happens, Gideon gets a
prompting of how to help the Nephites escape. It struck me that the spirit
speaks when we NEED it to, not when we WANT it to. Gideon and the Nephites
probably would have preferred if that prompting would have come a few (or a
lot) of years earlier, but they obviously had something to learn. I think that
really applies to our lives in the way that we sometimes have to go through
hard things with what seems like to be no way out, but God will deliver us when
it's time. We just gotta be patient.

To answer letters:

I'm excited for basketball. Hopefully the Aggies are good.
Is the kid from Indy a mormon? (One of the players on
USU's basketball team is from Indiana – no he is not a member)

Sad to hear about Robert Mendoza. It seems like yesterday
we were all in elementary school. (A friend of Zachary's
who just passed away)

For Christmas, I don't really want anything that I have to
pack home. You can send me the box of the stocking and decorations, those are
fun, and I'll probably just send them home again...but wait til After Dec. 2nd
so I don't have to move them at transfers if I get transferred. :) And as far
as for Christmas, I don't really have any immediate needs...maybe 2 pairs of
wool socks...and just all your homemade candy. I don't need anything really I
don't think. I'm just wearing out my clothes and shoes so I can leave them all
here when I come home.

Dad, you'll get PMG done eventually, so it's fine. :) (Darcie challenged us both to read Preach My Gospel – as you
can see Dad is accomplishing that goal – guess I'll wait till she gets home and
then she can make me read it!) And I can't believe the giants won. Yuck.
But glad it went to 7!(results from the World Series -
she's still loves sports)

LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!

Peace and Blessin's.

-Sista Darc

Pictures:

With Sister Clysn

My Baby Blanket I made at Super
Saturday(you would have been impressed)

With Sister McKndrck. I'm so sad she's going
home. :(

With Sister Rh and Jrdn

Me and Sister Sssns with Ang

A bunch of Plainfield Sisters with
Sister Cbb from Plainfield!

She was just getting reactivated while I was thereand now she has a calling in primary!